Editor's
Note: Our weekly domain
sales report normally comes out every Wednesday afternoon, however
this week I will be flying all day Wednesday, en route to the
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference in Las Vegas. As a result, this week's
column will be moved back one day. We expect to have the new column
posted here by 1pm U.S. Eastern time on Thursday (Jan. 21).
Blockbuster
French ccTLD Sale at Sedo Gets the 2010 Domain Sales Season Off on
the Right Foot

The New Year's first full week of
domain sales is now in the books. Sedo
helped get 2010 off to a rousing start by closing a huge €587,500
($851,875) sale of Credit.fr (French ccTLD). That
sale also served notice that the surge in country code sales that
we've seen over the past couple of years is not likely to subside
any time soon. The Credit.fr sale is more than three times higher
than the top ccTLD sale reported in all of 2009. That was Spel.se
("games" in Swedish), sold last June for $266,000
- also by Sedo.

Sedo went on to sweep 11 of the 20 entries
on our new weekly Top 20 Sales Chart. Their roster included a
sale they worked in conjunction with Moniker.com
to complete - #2 Migraine.com at $125,000 - as well as two more ccTLDs
- both of which are European UnionIDNs - #15 Südtirol.eu
at $14,355 and #18 Möbel.eu at $13,195.

Sedo also had the largest of the three non
.com gTLDs on the Big Board - #10 QE.org at $20,000
(Congratulations to the seller - a long time acquaintance of ours - Donald
"Biggie" Williams).

By
Ron Jackson

The AfternicDLS
had another solid outing, taking three places on the elite list.
Their roster was led by #7 Vivant.com at $30,000.
Moniker.com was the only other venue with multiple chart entries. They hit the
trifecta, sharing the Migraine.com sale with Sedo and well as
booking #8 V247.com ($25,350) and #11 PersianServers2.com
($17,900) on their own.

That left four openings on the
all-extension leader board that were taken by NameJet.com,
GoDaddy
Auctions, Bido.com
and Optimo.com.
NameJet set the pace for that quartet after getting a $69,100
dividend from their sale of #3 FirstNationalBank.com. The
always powerful .com contingent piled up 14 of the 20 chart
entries.

Here is how all of the sales leaders stacked up for the week ending Sunday,
Jan. 10:

Keep in mind that these are the highest
value sales that have been reported to us in the
past week. This column is meant to be an educational tool,
not a complete list documenting ALL high
value domain sales. Such a list is impossible to produce
because many sales are kept private at the insistence of
buyers, sellers or both. Our procedure for verifying the
accuracy of domain sales reports is available here.

Forthe many newcomers entering the domain
industry we also want to point out that the reasons why a domain name sells for a certain price can be varied and are not always clear to those who are unfamiliar with the domain market.
If you do not understand why specific domain names command the
prices they do, you are likely to make unwise domain registrations or purchases.
We highly recommend that you do some basic research beforeyou buyanything! As a starting point we have
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There were eleven more five-figure sales just off
the chartled by SnapNames'
$12,300 sale of Dom4J.org. Sedo accounted for seven
of the eleven, including CasinoItalia.it ($11,600), Home.ch
($11,600) and 460.com ($11,501). Their winner's list
also included SilkRoadOnline.com ($11,035), Branchen.com
($10,875), HandyTarife.com ($10,150) and 9L.com
($10,099).

NameJet rang up an $11,211 sale with Agaci.com
while Moniker landed $10,000 for NaturalLife.com
and Rick
Latona Auctions snagged $10,000 for Snowstorm.com.

.Com Supporting Cast

Sedo led the four-figure .com supporting cast with Wazeefa.com
at $9,425. They also scored with SuperMortgages.com
and WithYou.com at $7,500 each. Psusa.com added
$7,140, Risultati-Calcio.com returned $6,960
and Favorita.com fetched $6,525.

CoolBritannia.com kicked in $6,520, Rolly.com
raked in $6,000 and Gratisy.com greeted $5,075.
Sedo had 36 more .com sales ranging from
$2,000 to $5,000 that are listed in the table below:

Additional
Sedo .com Sales Between $2,000 - $5,000

workincustomerservice.com

$5,000

liesure.com

$3,000

creditas.com

$4,900

streamwork.com

$3,000

netconf.com

$4,500

123local.com

$2,900

rpet.com

$4,500

filehub.com

$2,695

rucksäcke.com

$4,495

bankreview.com

$2,595

can2010.com

$4,350

casinosforum.com

$2,500

mac1.com

$4,250

klearvodka.com

$2,500

adrun.com

$4,000

mapolis.com

$2,500

oyoy.com

$4,000

myrobots.com

$2,500

divacam.com

$3,668

nyproperties.com

$2,500

dietmama.com

$3,500

droptic.com

$2,400

dailynewspaper.com

$3,342

josemaria.com

$2,250

pixiv.com

$3,200

corlin.com

$2,200

series-tv.com

$3,190

farequote.com

$2,150

triggerball.com

$3,190

affiliatesense.com

$2,000

artia.com

$3,117

carvaleting.com

$2,000

5dk.com

$3,100

centralavenue.com

$2,000

affiliatemanager.com

$3,000

rapidporn.com

$2,000

NameJet lassoed $9,301 with
LaRepublica.com and also scored with CookbookStore.com
($5,200) and ForeignAutoParts.com ($5,044). Aino.com
cornered another $4,700 while FunNet.com found $4,611
and HoemDepot.com drew $4,600.

NameJet posted 21 more .com sales ranging
from $2,000 to $4,500. Those are listed in the table
below:

DomainsCentral.com sold for $4,522, StellarServices.com
secured $4,500 and MobileDashboards.com banked $4,490.
My-Party.com produced $4,388 and ExcessMedia.com
delivered $4,188. The Afternid DLS had 72 more four-figure .com sales ranging from $2,000 to
$4,000. You can check those out in the table below:

Additional
AfternicDLS .Com Sales Between $2,000 - $4,000

ig8.com

$4,000

insania.com

$2,500

collegereadiness.com

$3,988

InternetMarketingFirm.com

$2,500

atego.com

$3,825

macrodata.com

$2,500

lono.com

$3,750

mrtinc.com

$2,500

zimb.com

$3,725

musicofireland.com

$2,500

aceacademy.com

$3,588

ravensbourne.com

$2,500

alwaysactive.com

$3,588

skiver.com

$2,500

generalfreight.com

$3,500

k12center.com

$2,488

lifestaff.com

$3,488

toolguard.com

$2,488

ecoheater.com

$3,350

smartthreads.com

$2,475

westernsky.com

$3,300

businesselectric.com

$2,388

classycams.com

$3,188

desktopticker.com

$2,300

driventosucceed.com

$3,188

lawinstitute.com

$2,300

innovativestrategies.com

$3,188

digitalclubnetwork.com

$2,239

liquidx.com

$3,188

heavenlybaby.com

$2,200

great-falls.com

$3,000

carewireless.com

$2,188

sanibelrentals.com

$3,000

onlybetter.com

$2,188

sbsm.com

$3,000

dynamicbrand.com

$2,100

seveso.com

$3,000

companylog.com

$2,088

gardenpress.com

$2,988

datascore.com

$2,088

furniturecorp.com

$2,921

educationalfilm.com

$2,088

nveco.com

$2,888

theknowledgenetwork.com

$2,088

pureyou.com

$2,870

usainternetmarketing.com

$2,088

educationalfilms.com

$2,788

truecontent.com

$2,015

foodprofessionals.com

$2,788

1seo.com

$2,000

humanwire.com

$2,788

americantees.com

$2,000

transpacificgroup.com

$2,788

biofruit.com

$2,000

carpetandmore.com

$2,770

childrenandnature.com

$2,000

wavemachines.com

$2,750

conceptwireless.com

$2,000

whotoask.com

$2,688

constructionparts.com

$2,000

capitall.com

$2,588

domainticker.com

$2,000

donmezei.com

$2,588

flowerseverywhere.com

$2,000

earthpress.com

$2,588

goodtag.com

$2,000

savecast.com

$2,588

governmentcontract.com

$2,000

skillcast.com

$2,588

manhattanpizza.com

$2,000

virtuscorp.com

$2,530

osinet.com

$2,000

As part of their expanded promotion program, the
AfternicDLS also sold AnimalTown.com through Sedo for $2,050.

Spotex.com spawned $5,149 at Moniker
and they also sold WebType.com for $5,075 and MLove.com
for $3,063.

In a notable private transaction Steve Orosz
sold QC1.com for a cool $8,000.

Country Codes

The country codes continue to enjoy a boom that
started a couple of years ago and there is no sign that they are
going to slow down any time soon. As we noted at the top of this
report, this week's €587,500 ($851,875) sale of
Credit.fr is far bigger than any country code sale reported in
2009.

The top three sales in the ccTLD category also made
the all extension leader board you saw above. We also told you about
two other five-figure sales; CasinoItalia.it (Italian
ccTLD) and Home.ch (Switzerland ccTLD) that went for $11,600
each.

The highest sale in this category that you haven't
seen yet is an IDN at #6 on our new Top 20 Country Code
Chart - Müller.eu at $9,570. Sedo handled that sale and
went on to sweep all 20 positions on the leader board!

In the race among extensions, the European
Union's .eu and Germany's .de shared the lead by taking
four places apiece. The United States country code, .us,
was next with three. Three of the four .eu domains on the chart are
IDNs.

Here is how the
country code leaders stacked
up for the week ending Jan. 10:

There were dozens of additional four
figure sales off the chart and Sedo accounted for all but
three of those. Their supplemental list was led by DeinHandy.de
at $3,451 and a pair of domains at $3,451 each; MFC.fr
and KCHE.eu.

Sedo had 70 more country code sales ranging
from $2,000 to $3,294 that are listed in the chart
below:

Additional
Sedo ccTLD Sales Between $2,000 - $3,294

billigflge.eu

$3,294

solarenergy.cn

$1,500

geburtstagsgeschenk.de

$3,263

fitnessraum.de

$1,450

flirting.es

$3,190

fussballshirts.de

$1,450

bersetzungsagentur.de

$3,118

scherzartikel.eu

$1,450

jobbörse.de

$3,118

strandresort.de

$1,450

öl.eu

$3,118

tapage.fr

$1,450

translator.us

$2,929

withteeth.de

$1,450

club.ch

$2,900

wohnungsverlosung.de

$1,449

creditfocus.eu

$2,900

antiquitäten.eu

$1,391

asesoria.es

$2,828

future-business.de

$1,378

drachenboote.de

$2,538

wörterbuch.eu

$1,378

homöopathie.eu

$2,465

póker.eu

$1,376

trainingsbekleidung.de

$2,465

universität.eu

$1,308

freemobilephone.co.uk

$2,445

kindermöbel.eu

$1,305

markenoutlet.de

$2,416

stadionjacke.de

$1,305

motorräder.eu

$2,406

bypost.co.uk

$1,304

xx.cc

$2,395

makemeheal.de

$1,304

campingeurope.eu

$2,320

restaurantweek.cn

$1,250

websitebeveiliging.nl

$2,320

datacorp.co.uk

$1,223

de.ai

$2,248

gnstig.eu

$1,218

edenisland.de

$2,175

think.pl

$1,200

iptelephony.co.uk

$2,119

währung.eu

$1,199

markierwagen.de

$1,958

fussball-blog.de

$1,160

petsdirect.co.uk

$1,875

fussballbuecher.de

$1,160

speedworld.eu

$1,849

webstats.nl

$1,160

dsseldorf.eu

$1,836

byme.be

$1,088

bersetzer.at

$1,813

firmenauskunft.tv

$1,088

nordinvest.de

$1,813

snowboardjacken.de

$1,088

proxxon.ca

$1,750

schönheitschirurgie.eu

$1,037

aerztepunkt.de

$1,740

geschenke-geschenkideen.de

$1,032

smartrepair.at

$1,740

polstermöbel.eu

$1,030

teddyberen.nl

$1,726

charterflge.eu

$1,022

point4jobs.co.uk

$1,630

energysparen.de

$1,015

zavvi.es

$1,595

weihnachtsgeschenke-online.de

$1,015

browser-game.de

$1,588

gspot.co.uk

$1,000

Elsewhere Moniker sold Katla.se for $3,000
and Drop.com.au
moved a pair of Australian domains; WindTurbines.com.au ($1,841)
and ToolBox.com.au ($1,002).

If there are country code extensions in our report
that you are not familiar with, you can look up the nation each
extension goes with here.

A nice 2-letter .org - QE.org - led
the non .com gTLD Global Contenders race this week after
changing hands for $20,000 at Sedo. That was one of four
five-figure GC sales we told you about at the top of this report.
The highest sale you haven't seen in this category yet is #5 NursingScholarships.org
at $5,900 via Sedo. Sedo wound up taking 10 of the 20
positions on our new Global Contenders Top 20 Chart.

This was an exceptionally strong week for the .orgs
which swept the first five positions and took eight places
overall. The .nets still managed to pile up the most chart
entries with nine though. That left three open spots that were taken
by a .pro, a .mobi and a .info. Scoring highest
in that trio was #6 Consulting.pro at $5,075.

Here's how all of the Global Contenders stacked up for the
week ending Jan. 10:

There were several dozen additional four-figure GC
sales off the chart. The AfternicDLS had the highest of those with
EuropeTravel.net at $2,400. They also generated $2,288
from CyberWarrior.net and $2,100 from Revu.net.

The AfternicDLS had 19 more four-figure GC sales ranging from $1,000
to $2,000. You can check those out in the table below:

Additional
AfternicDLS GC Sales Between $1,000 - $2,000

domaintools.net

$2,000

elekom.net

$1,388

investmentbankers.org

$2,000

birdcage.net

$1,350

professionalliability.net

$2,000

investmentbanks.org

$1,300

wirelessheadphones.net

$2,000

oculos.net

$1,300

investamerica.org

$1,888

homesecuritysource.net

$1,182

moneymatters.net

$1,888

kidsgolfclubs.net

$1,100

subsonic.org

$1,888

greenhaven.net

$1,088

cupo.net

$1,799

laserdrucker.org

$1,000

caribbeancruises.net

$1,400

waterpro.org

$1,000

businessreporting.org

$1,388

Through their expanded promotion platform, the
AfternicDLS also sold two names through Sedo; Photohraphe.org at $1,192
and GreenInvestment.net at $1,390.

At Sedo, the hits just kept on coming with Fragen.net
($2,320), Gafas.net ($2,248) and a pair at $2,175
apiece; SuperShield.net and TravelCube.biz.

Sedo rang up 15 more ccTLD sales ranging from $1,000
to $2,000 that you can check out in the table below:

Additional
Sedo GC Sales Between $1,000 - $2,000

a0.net

$2,000

online-spielefo.info

$1,450

filingcabinets.net

$1,995

prospekthalter.net

$1,450

resellerhost.net

$1,750

mauritaniefo.info

$1,250

hotel-vergleich.net

$1,740

damenuhrfo.info

$1,179

folan.net

$1,631

rollschuhe.net

$1,016

i94.mobi

$1,500

sprachreisenfo.info

$1,015

newyorkrealty.net

$1,500

pokericons.net

$1,000

bundesschatzbriefe.net

$1,465

Back at NameJet the .orgs continued to do good
business with Painters.org making a $2,110 splash, Unchina.org
grinding out $2,013 and Masa.org making $1,533.
ECISF.org added $1,409, IPPSXX.org grossed $1,044,
CanSystem.org drew $1,010 and MIO.org went for $1,009.
NameJet also sold Eusai.net for $1,300.

Now that you're up to date on what happened over the
past week, check out how the leaders stand year to date in all
categories by visiting our Year
To Date Charts page.

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